Ang salitang "Joyce" ay maaaring magkaroon ng iba't ibang kahulugan depende sa konteksto. Narito ang ilang posibleng kahulugan ng diksyunaryo:
Isang apelyido na nagmula sa Irish, ibig sabihin ay "anak ng panginoon." Karaniwang ginagamit din ito bilang isang ibinigay na pangalan.
Ang pangalan ng isang Irish na may-akda, si James Joyce, na kilala sa kanyang mga modernistang gawa ng fiction tulad ng "Ulysses" at "Finnegans Wake."
Isang babaeng ibinigay na pangalan na nangangahulugang "masayahin" o "masaya."
Isang salitang balbal na ginamit sa ilang bahagi ng United States na sumangguni sa isang napakamura, mababang kalidad na brand ng beer.
Mahalagang tandaan na ang mga diksyunaryo ay karaniwang nagbibigay ng mga kahulugan batay sa karaniwang paggamit, at maaaring hindi makuha ang lahat ng posibleng mga nuances o pagkakaiba-iba sa kahulugan.
1. With her name Joyce painted in simple black letters on her white hull, the boat was smaller than Grace, with a single mast and a pair of oars.
2. Spindrift pattered inboard, streaking the foredeck with salt as Joyce cleared the Sisters.
3. Watters abandoned all thought of reaching the Nesshaven fleet as the waves raised Joyce, shook her like a cat playing with a mouse, and tossed her back into a trough of the waves.
4. For a long moment Joyce hovered a few yards from the rocks, and then a backlash forced her further away.
5. With no bandages in Joyce, Watters tore off a sleeve from his shirt to cover his raw blisters.
6. Some voyage this had been, from Joyce to gun-runner to would-be-Confederate warship to Federal paddle steamer all in the space of three days.